Listen to the new episode of Citizen Radio and subscribe to the free podcast. Allison and Jamie discuss bear assassins, victim-blaming of women, trans individuals, and poor black people, police brutality, McDonald’s low wages, and read some Maniac Mail about a terrible family. Pick up Jamie’s new CD: “What Alive People Do“! Citizen Radio is a member-supported show. Visit wearecitizenradio.com to sign up and [...]

Listen to the new episode of Citizen Radio and subscribe to the free podcast. Allison and Jamie discuss Occupy’s undercover cop, marijuana as a social crutch, tales of wonderful Maniacs, Citizens United 2, an update on the Steubenville rape case, U.S. to cut some Egyptian military aid, and a minimum wage protest in in Chicago against McDonald’s president. Pick up a Citizen Radio tote bag today! [...]

Listen to the new episode of Citizen Radio and subscribe to the free podcast. Allison and Jamie read a whole bunch of Maniac Mail, make fun of the NYT for its stupid “hook up culture“ fear mongering, talk about how McDonald’s is telling its workers to get second jobs, how CR is INSIDE the Pentagon, discuss the Pelican [...]

Listen to the new episode of Citizen Radio and subscribe to the free podcast. Allison delivers an Oscar-worthy performance as Daniel Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, plus news of the rare fast food worker strike in NYC, the AP’s anti-Iran propaganda, why eating eggs is gross, Susan Rice is shady, Peter King is crazy, and Senators attempt to punish Palestinians. Citizen Radio is [...]

Listen to the new episode of Citizen Radio and subscribe to the free podcast. Interview with Immy Humes, director of ”F**KED: The United States of Unemployment,” the new Salon series that explores the lives of the 99ers. Humes discusses the epidemic of long-term unemployment and why it’s essential to not forget the millions of jobless Americans. [...]

At the inception of a typical Employer-Employee relationship, there is usually an implied or contractually guaranteed understanding that the Employer bears certain responsibilities. However, the burden of the Employer-Employee relationship increasingly falls exclusively on the Employee. The Employer scrapes the bone by slashing the safety net, raking in huge rewards, while the Employee is told to [...]

Finally, some good news for Iceland. McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food company, said earlier this week that all three of its restaurants in Iceland plan to shut down and abandon the crisis-ridden island. Reuters reports that thousands of Icelanders lined up at McDonald’s restaurants to order their last Big Macs. However, Thora Sigurdardottir, a 35-year old [...]